David froehlich



(No Model.)

D. FROEHLIOH. GOMBINED BED LOUNGE AND GRIB.

Patented July 16, 1895.

Z; 'INVENTUR BY 7 M0 v4. ATTORNEY/4v DAVID FROEHLIOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED BED-LOUNGE AND CRIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,759, dated July 16,1895.

Application filed October 9, 1894:- Serial No. 525,335. (No model.)

To call whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID FRoEHLIoH, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in a Combined Sofa,'BedLounge or Couch, and Crib, of which the following is a specification,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

This invention relates to combined folding or compartmental sofas, bedlounges or couches, and cribs, and. has for its object to provide asimple, cheap, readily-constructed,

and .perfectlyoperating device of this characte r wherein the crib maybe secured in the sofa with sufficient space at either side forbed-clothing when the same are not in use, and be readily available whenrequired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device wherein thecrib will be automatically projected into place when the sofa is raisedand be held within the same without fastenings by the weight of thatpart of the sofa which is raised.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the sofaopened and with the crib projected, the end of the latter beingpartially broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device ready foroccupancy. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, with the wall of the box removed,of the sofa closed with the crib concealed therein.

In the practice of my invention I construct a preferably oblong box orbase A, of suitable depth, having upwardly-projecting sides A, to therear one of which is hinged the similarly-shaped upper section B of thesofa, which is fiat upon its under surface. Ranging longitudinallyWithin the box A, slightly removed from the front side thereof, is a rodor shaft 0, rigidly secured in each end of the said box, upon which areloosely journaled' the extended arms a of a crib D, which said crib isof appreciably less length than the box A, and when the same is inthe'position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the arms a rest in slots A which Iform in the edge of the front side A of the box A, whereby the crib isthus permitted to assume an exactly horizontal position, in which it issupported by means of legs I), which are pivoted to angle-bars c at eachend of the crib, which bars have flanges 0' upon the top and sidethereof to prevent too great upward or outward movement of the legs. Thecrib is open upon the inner side or that adjoining the sofa.

Upon the shaft- 0, near each end thereof, are formed peripheralshoulders d, against which are secured nuts 2, fastened to the shaft bythumb-screws 6. Between these nuts and the arms act the crib'are spiralsprings E,the tendency of which is to expand both longitudinally andoutwardly, one end thereof be-- ing secured to the nuts e and the innerend bearing upon the arms a and secured thereto. The operation of thedevice will be readily understood from the foregoing description,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The sofa being inthe position shown in Fig. 1, the crib is grasped and turned upon theshaft 0 downwardly into the box A against the springs E, which areconsequently wound up and the legs I) turned down. Space is thus left ateither side of the crib for bedclothing, to be used for either the cribalone or for making up the sofa into a bed as well. The upper section Bof the sofa is then dropped, thus closing the box A, and the weightthereof retains the crib in place. When it is desired to use the cribthe said upper section B is raised, whereupon the springs E immediatelythrow the crib outwardly to the horizontal position'when it is ready foroccupancy, the legs I) automatically falling to the vertical positionand supporting the same in place. The section Bof the sofa is thenlowered and serves to assist in retaining the crib immovably in positionby bearing upon the arms a.

It will be obvious that this device is of great convenience, not only byreason of providing a crib normally concealed from view and readilyaccessible, whereby a child may be placed thereon to be near the motheror nurse, but for the further reason that the crib may be automaticallyprojected by merely raising the sofa-top, thereby avoiding the necessityof holding the same up with one hand while removing the crib with theother.

I do not confine myself to the exact formation of parts and details ofconstruction herein set forth and illustrated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined sofa and crib comprising a box-shaped base, a rod or shaftranging lon- 'gitudinally within the base, a crib having extended armswhich are mounted upon the said shaft and rest upon the side of thebase, springs surrounding the shaft and bearing upon the arms tonormally project the crib, and arranged whereby they are wound up whenthe crib is inserted in the base, and an upper section pivotally securedto the base and resting thereon to hold the crib therein.

2. A combined sofa and crib, comprising a substantially oblong box orbase having upwardly projecting sides, a crib open upon its inner sideadjacent to the sofa, legs pivoted thereto at the rear and normally inthe vertical position, shoulders or flanges upon the crib to limit theupward and outward movement thereof, arms extending from the crib andmounted upon the shaft, nuts secured to the said shaft at each end,expansible spiral springs surrounding the shaft, secured to the nuts atone end, and bearing upon and secured to the arms at the oppositeend,whereby the crib is normally projected outwardly, and an uppersection hinged to the rear wall of the box adapted to maintain the cribwithin the same, by its weight, substantially as.

DAVID FROEI-ILICH.

Witnesses:

AUGUSTUS BROCHELBANK, J AMES F. DRENEY.

